Hey guys, I'm wondering if I'm the only one with this issue and since so many of us around here use Steam I'm hoping to find some help. So far, the Steam Forum has been pretty much useless.

Today when starting up Steam it gave me this error: Steam.exe (main exception): To run Steam, you must first connect to the Internet

Now, it's pretty obvious that I am indeed connected to the Internet. I tried some suggestions I saw on the Official Forum but none worked, including reinstalling Steam and removing all the apps (games). After doing that and launching Steam again, it keeps giving that error and refuses update to even complete the installation.

So, now what? This makes me realize how much dependent we are of freakin' Steam. I even signed up for a Wargame: European Escalation tournament, and if I don't have Steam up and running by the 25th I'll get disqualified, and the prizes are pretty good! Although this is the smallest of my concerns.

Try redoing Steam's firewall permissions. This happened to me once before, and I tried reinstalling everything, but it didn't work until I redid Steam's permissions. I probably could have skipped the reinstalling altogether...

SnakeMittens wrote:Try redoing Steam's firewall permissions. This happened to me once before, and I tried reinstalling everything, but it didn't work until I redid Steam's permissions. I probably could have skipped the reinstalling altogether...

Is linux steam that shitty too? Because that would really put a damper on me choosing it for my next OS.

EDIT: What the fuck? Linux steam has only existed for like two weeks?

"The Valve Linux team is proud to announce the launch of a limited access beta for its new Steam for Linux client.The Steam for Linux Beta client supports the free-to-play game Team Fortress 2. Approximately two dozen additional Steam titles are now also available for play on Ubuntu."

Indie devs broing it up with steam, steam's freedom from publisher influence leads to AAA games being released for non-microsoft platforms, IT guys are usually into videogames and gamers typically have better computer skills.

I do not like the windows, they are very unstable and it is far to easy for vandals and burglars to get in through them.